Derome style
A style of book decoration practiced by the Derome
family of France in the 18th century. The most
famous of the family was Nicolas Denis Derome
(active 1761-c 1789)—Derome le juene—who
was also known the the "great cropper" because of
his tendency to trim excessively. Nicolas Derome
also used sawn-in cords in order to obtain theHOLLOW BACK , which
prevents the spine of the book from flexing and
thus possibly cracking the gold. He also achieved
great fame by his use of the DENTELLE border,
taking the dentelles of Padeloup as models. His
also are made up of dentelle tools in combination,
rather than in repetition, and are represented by
symmetrical corner tooling of a very richly
engraved floriated scroll work. An essential
feature in Nicolas Derome's finest dentelles is a
small bird with outstretched wings. See also: DENTELLE À
L'OISEAU . (154
, 342 ,363 , 373 )
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